Hand vise and wrench



(ModeL) P'. s. MEABON,

HAND VISE'A'ND WRENGH. No. 260,404. v I Patented July-4, 1882.

UNITED STATES I PATENT rates,

PETER S. MEABON, OF FRANKFORT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES E.BAILEY, OF BENZONIA, MICHIGAN.

HAND VISE AND WRENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,404, dated July 4,1882.

Application filed May 26, 1882. (ModeL) T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER S. MEABON, a. citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Frankfort, in the county of Benzie and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HandVises and Wrenches, of which the following isaspecification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in hand vises and wrenches; and theobjects of my invention are to so combine the parts of which theimplement-is made as to bring into requisition a screw and a lever forclamping whatever is to be held between the jaws thereof, and at thesame time render the implement capable of being used as a wrench forturning nuts placed upon bolts. Iattain these objects by the devices andcombinations thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective, and Fig. 2 a partial section and elevation,showing the jaws of a hand-vise, a handle in which said jaws aresecured, a screw for pressing the jaws together, a transverse bar, whichhas in it a series of holes, and a cam-shaped lever to be used as ameans of giving additional clampingforce when the implement isused as avise and as a means of clamping thejaws upon a nut when it is to be usedas a wrench.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in both of the views.

It is well known that it is desirable to have vises of this type possessgreat clampingpower, and also to have them so constructed that they canbe readily and conveniently used as a wrench under certaincircumstances.

In constructing an implement possessing the above-recited features Iprovide two jaws, A and B, of any desired length, the latter beingprovided with a round portion, B, upon which there is formed ascrew-thread for the reception of the nut, 13*, which holds the jaw fastin a handle, 0, as shown in the drawings. The jaw A is similar to theone above described, but instead of having the shank B for attaching itto the handle its corresponding end is of about the same size as theother portions thereof, and is passed through a slot, 0, formed in thehandle in which it is held, the object of said slot being to allow thejaw A to preserve its parallelism with reference to B as the for mer ismoved nearer to or is carried farther from the latter.

The handle 0, I prefer to make of the form shown in the drawings; but itmay be of any other form that will hold the jaws in position and affordproper facility for turning the implement when used as a wrench.

At any desired point between the handleand the opposite ends of the jawsa clampingscrew, D, is passed through them, it being secured injaw B bymeans ofnuts, as shown, or in any other suitable manner, while thethreaded outer portion thereof passes through a threaded aperture in jawA.

The arrangement of the parts above described is such that any articleplaced between theouterendsofthejaws can beclampedtherein by turning thescrew D in such a manner as to cause said outer ends ofthe jaws toapproach each other. It frequently happens, however, that the clampingforce thus applied is not sut ficient to hold the substance firmly whilebeing filed or otherwise treated, and for the purpose of remedying thisdifficulty there is secured to the jaw B, at some distance from itsouter or clamping end, a bar of metal, E, which is provided with aseries of holes, as shown, for the reception of a pin. The bar E passesthrough a slot formed in the jaw A, as shown in Fig. 1, the fulcrum-pinjust alluded to passing through the bar outside of said jaw and carryinga cam-shaped lever, F, the pivoted end of which may be bifurcated, so asto rest upon the jaws on each side of the bar E, if preferred. The leverturns upon the pin which passes through the bar. E, which may be placedin any one of the holes formed therein, so as to make the leverapplicable for giving additional clamping force to the jaws, whatevermay be the size of the substance or thing to be held.

The arrangement of the lever and bar with reference to the jaws isclearly shown in the drawings, where it will be seen that when not inuse the lever F lies upon the jaw A, in which posit-ion it may be heldby a staple, as shown,

or in any other suitable manner, the object of said staple or otherdevice being simply to hold the lever upon the jaws where it is notrequired for giving additional clamping force.

It will also be seen by referring to the drawings that owing to the formof the pivoted end of said lever when its free end is moved outward itwill cause its pivoted or cam-shaped end to bear upon said jaw, theefi'eet of which will be to force the jaws toward each other, so as togive the additional clamping force required.

hen the implement is used as a wrench the screw D may be used to adjustthe space between the outer ends of the jaws, if desired, or the nutsupon it may be turned into such a position as to permit the adjustmentto be made by the bar E and its pin. Under the last-named arrangementthe implement may be readily adjusted to fit different sizes of nuts,when, by turning it by the use of the handle 0, the nut may be turned onthe bolt.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

A hand-vise which may also be used as a wrench, combining in itsconstruction two clamping-jaws, a clamping screw provided with nuts forholding it in one of the jaws, a transverse bar of metal passing throughone of the jaws and provided with aseries of holes, a cam shaped leverfor giving additional clamping force to the jaws and for providing forthe adjustment and retention of said jaws when the implement is used asa wrench, and a handle for turning the same, substantially as described.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PETER S. MEABON.

Witnesses A. 1. CASE, H. L. CASE.

